• Social Democrats TD for Kildare North
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Departmental Staff, An Garda Síochána, Departmental Expenditure, Departmental Consultations, Ministerial Staff

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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)

“The Taoiseach has said that a key issue for him in the budget will be child poverty. I agree with the focus, but his words ring very hollow because we have heard all this before. The previous Government made reducing child poverty a priority. What has happened since? The number of children living in consistent poverty has nearly doubled to more than 100,000 in 2024. That is not a blip....”

Public Transport Experience: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2025)

“I thank Deputy O'Gorman for bringing forward this motion. It is certainly a motion that my party and I are very much looking forward to supporting. One of the starkest differences between Ireland and other European countries is our poor public transport system. Under successive Governments, one abandoned or delayed public transport plan has followed another. The Minister will agree that...”

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2025)

“137. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of services provided, indicating for which Oireachtas...”

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• Has spoken in 59 committee discussions and Dáil debates since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 28 times in debates.
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